Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Jackson County youth basketball coach receives prison sentence in sex crime case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A former Jackson County youth basketball coach was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal sexual conduct involvi...
Nov 25, 2020
Jobless aid for nearly 14 million Americans to expire the day after Christmas
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits under pandemic programs set to expire the day after Christmas continued to rise in early November, according to a ...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arms control advocates are urging Joe Biden to extend the last U.S.-Russian treaty limiting deployed strategic nuclear arms for five years...
Nov 25, 2020
Brazil regulator approves Boeing’s 737-MAX for return to service
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC has approved the return to service of Boeing Co's 737-MAX airplane, it said in a stetement on Wednesday. The regulator said Gol Linhas Aere...
Nov 25, 2020
State Department tells staff: transition to Biden administration has begun
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has informed staff that the transition process has begun and a team had been assigned inside the agency to support a handover to the i...
Nov 25, 2020
Explainer: How will Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine program work?
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has ordered more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita than any other country - at least 194 million and up to 414 million doses for its population of 38 mill...
Nov 25, 2020
Mexico central bank sees economy falling 8.7% to 9.3% in 2020
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank on Wednesday said economic growth could shrink between 8.7% and 9.3% in 2020 and grow between 0.6% and 5.3% next year, depending on the path Latin America...
Nov 25, 2020
SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service wo...
Nov 25, 2020
Exxon to cut up to 300 jobs in Canada
(Reuters) - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it plans to reduce up to 300 positions in Canada as part of an ongoing cost-cut plan due to a coronavirus-driven slump in oil prices. Redu...
Nov 25, 2020
Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 28,351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,814 with symptoms, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, the first time since July Ankar...
Nov 25, 2020
